8/6/2016 11:25 AM-04:33 PM
Conventional deadlift 365-.3, 435-0, 415-0,
Romanian deadlift 235-0, 205-1, 215-0
Bench Press 185-1, 215-0, 195-.1, 205-.1, 235-0
Standing shoulder press 195-.1, 245-.1
Precor Seated row machine 250-.2
Precor Seated leg press 330-
Precor dip assist machine 50-0
7/29/2016 01:59 PM
Smith machine one arm bench press
Left 90-0, 90-0
Right 90-0, 90-0
Stiff legged deadlift 385-.1, 405-0
High bar back Squat wearing strongman inzer knee sleeves 295-.2, 275-.9
Rack pull 515-0, 515-0
Precor cable machine triceps pushdown rope attachment 120-.2, 140-.1
Precor Cable machine standing hammer bicep curl rope attachment 200-.3
Precor pec fly machine 240-.1, 240-.1
Romanian deadlift 55-15
I use a rating system to document my lifts. One full with good enough form repetition counts as “1”. Two quality reps with decent form count as “2”.
Any number with a decimal point in front of it represents a partial rep or a miss.
A “.9” represents a rep with not very good form but I still completed it. A “.4” means I got the weight almost half way up. A “.3” represents the bar traveled far less than half way. And “.1” means I barely cleared the weight from whatever it was resting on or I barely came out of the hole with it or I slightly budged it off my chest. A “0” means no movement of the weight just force being applied to it but it stays stationary -- essentially turning it into an isometric movement. Any number I failed to mention, just remember a “1” is a complete rep and a “0” is isometric.
Summary and Conclusions:
My conclusion is I'm a weak bitch.
Now I'm gonna play the blame game here because that's what I do: I blame others for my problems and I use that as a cop out to justify my own failures. And let's face it, I shouldn't even be writing a blog on strength training if I'm not making serious strength gains.
So here's my reason for my failure to gain strength in my mind:
Ingesting this product for an intra-workout protein shake is the first reason I haven't been making gains.
Here's the second reason:
Once I finished with the Muscle Meds Carnivor, I switched to Truenutrition beef protein for an intra-workout protein shake.
The difference between the two products is neglible. The Carnivor was a little more fine in it's powder like characteristic. The Truenutrition is more granulated and doesn't mix well which is pretty disgusting since when you go to drink your protein shake and you're basically chewing on undissolved beef protein clods.
Now here's my problem with both of them. They do what they promise to deliver. The label on both of them says that you get concentrated beef protein powder with a significantly high dose of protein per scoop. As a matter of fact, according to this site, Muscle Meds Carnivor was actually over-dosed which means when tested the protein had 10% more protein than what is labeled.
Then what's the problem you ask? Don't you want as much protein as you possibly can get? My answer to that is: "kind of, I guess".
Look at it from this point of view. If you're used to the weak bitch protein powders that encompasses the world of whey protein shake mix and then you switch to a beef protein shake with a significantly higher ratio of protein per scoop, don't you think you're body's digestive system would have a problem with assimilating that more concentrated beef protein powder.
Me being the weak little bitch with a weak little bitch irritable bowel syndrome digestive system that I have, I encountered massive problems beef protein isolate. Not only would I get the post-workout protein shits, that protein diarrhea would last for three or four days. I couldn't even eat a Chipotle beef burrito bowl without experiencing massive diarrhea, and you know how cheap Chipotle is with their beef.
This protein diarrhea problem I had with the beef protein isolate caused me my stagnancy in my strength gains. My logic is as follows. You need animal protein to build muscle. If all you're doing is crapping out your meals, you're not building muscle and hence you're not making strength gains.
So I switched back to whey protein powder. If that's all my weak bitch digestive system can handle, that's what I have to accept. Again from this site, you'll see that most all of the whey protein powders tested at a severely under-dosed level of protein per 100 grams. Besides I only use the protein shake as an intra-workout supplement. It's only purpose is to get me through the workout. Post-workout, I consume animal protein for recovery and muscle building.
